Stop logging lshw output, collect it with other logs instead

The lshw output is huge even on virtual machines, and it pollutes
the debug logging. This change silences it. Instead, the lshw output
is collected as part of the ramdisk logs.

Depends-On: https://review.opendev.org/#/c/665635/
Change-Id: I6a3015b2d8d09f6f48b5cbd39dc84bd75b72f909
(cherry picked from commit 94048fe97e)

ironic_python_agent/hardware.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _get_system_lshw_dict():
 
     :return: A python dict from the lshw json output
     """
-    out, _e = utils.execute('lshw', '-quiet', '-json')
+    out, _e = utils.execute('lshw', '-quiet', '-json', log_stdout=False)
     return json.loads(out)
 
 

ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_utils.py

@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ class TestUtils(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ret, logs_string)
         mock_logs.assert_called_once_with(lines=None)
         calls = [mock.call(['ps', 'au']), mock.call(['df', '-a']),
-                 mock.call(['iptables', '-L']), mock.call(['ip', 'addr'])]
+                 mock.call(['iptables', '-L']), mock.call(['ip', 'addr']),
+                 mock.call(['lshw', '-quiet', '-json'])]
         mock_outputs.assert_has_calls(calls, any_order=True)
         mock_gzip_b64.assert_called_once_with(
             file_list=[],
             io_dict={'journal': mock.ANY, 'ip_addr': mock.ANY, 'ps': mock.ANY,
-                     'df': mock.ANY, 'iptables': mock.ANY})
+                     'df': mock.ANY, 'iptables': mock.ANY, 'lshw': mock.ANY})
 
     @mock.patch.object(utils, 'gzip_and_b64encode', autospec=True)
     @mock.patch.object(utils, 'is_journalctl_present', autospec=True)
@@ -518,12 +519,13 @@ class TestUtils(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(ret, logs_string)
         calls = [mock.call(['dmesg']), mock.call(['ps', 'au']),
                  mock.call(['df', '-a']), mock.call(['iptables', '-L']),
-                 mock.call(['ip', 'addr'])]
+                 mock.call(['ip', 'addr']),
+                 mock.call(['lshw', '-quiet', '-json'])]
         mock_outputs.assert_has_calls(calls, any_order=True)
         mock_gzip_b64.assert_called_once_with(
             file_list=['/var/log'],
             io_dict={'iptables': mock.ANY, 'ip_addr': mock.ANY, 'ps': mock.ANY,
-                     'dmesg': mock.ANY, 'df': mock.ANY})
+                     'dmesg': mock.ANY, 'df': mock.ANY, 'lshw': mock.ANY})
 
     def test_get_ssl_client_options(self):
         # defaults

ironic_python_agent/utils.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ COLLECT_LOGS_COMMANDS = {
     'df': ['df', '-a'],
     'iptables': ['iptables', '-L'],
     'ip_addr': ['ip', 'addr'],
+    'lshw': ['lshw', '-quiet', '-json'],
 }
 
 

releasenotes/notes/lshw-cb89894be057bdc9.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The ``lshw`` output no longer pollutes the debug logging. Instead, it's
+    stored as part of the ramdisk logs.